Derek Morris

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: August 24, 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta
Draft: Calgary, 1st round (13th overall), 1996 NHL Entry
Contract: 4 years/$11,000,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $2,750,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 22, 2013 11:25 PM

Skater Rank: #483. Jeff Friesen… #484. Andrew Cassels… #485. Jason Allison… #486. DEREK MORRIS… #487. J.P. Dumont… #488. Stefan Persson… #489. Keith Acton…

Skater Rank: #483. Jeff Friesen… #484. Andrew Cassels… #485. Jason Allison… #486. DEREK MORRIS… #487. J.P. Dumont… #488. Stefan Persson… #489. Keith Acton…

NHL Standard

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1997-98	19	CGY	NHL	82	9	20	29	11	1	88	3	5	1	1	11	2	7	120	7.5
1998-99	20	CGY	NHL	71	7	27	34	11	4	73	4	3	0	2	20	0	7	150	4.7	1472	20:44
1999-00	21	CGY	NHL	78	9	29	38	13	2	80	6	3	0	2	18	0	11	193	4.7	1938	24:51
2000-01	22	CGY	NHL	51	5	23	28	9	-15	56	1	3	1	4	8	1	14	142	3.5	1318	25:51
2001-02	23	CGY	NHL	61	4	30	34	10	-4	88	2	2	0	1	10	1	19	166	2.4	1505	24:40
2002-03	24	COL	NHL	75	11	37	48	16	16	68	2	9	0	7	18	0	19	191	5.8	1787	23:49
2003-04	25	TOT	NHL	83	6	26	32	10	-1	49	4	2	0	1	15	0	11	167	3.6	1792	21:35
2003-04	25	COL	NHL	69	6	22	28	9	4	47	4	2	0	1	14	0	8	139	4.3	1441	20:53
2003-04	25	PHX	NHL	14	0	4	4	1	-5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	28	0.0	350	25:02
2005-06	27	PHX	NHL	53	6	21	27	9	-7	54	1	4	1	2	6	1	14	91	6.6	1106	20:52
2006-07	28	PHX	NHL	82	6	19	25	8	-18	115	4	2	0	1	9	0	10	129	4.7	1680	20:29
2007-08	29	PHX	NHL	82	8	17	25	9	8	83	6	2	0	0	9	0	8	135	5.9	1781	21:43
2008-09	30	TOT	NHL	75	5	15	20	7	-10	40	4	0	1	0	9	1	5	120	4.2	1567	20:53
2008-09	30	PHX	NHL	57	5	7	12	5	-13	24	4	0	1	0	4	1	2	89	5.6	1212	21:16
2008-09	30	NYR	NHL	18	0	8	8	2	3	16	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	31	0.0	354	19:41
2009-10	31	TOT	NHL	76	4	25	29	9	2	37	2	2	0	0	14	0	11	120	3.3	1630	21:27
2009-10	31	BOS	NHL	58	3	22	25	7	-2	26	1	2	0	0	12	0	10	95	3.2	1276	22:00
2009-10	31	PHX	NHL	18	1	3	4	1	4	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	25	4.0	354	19:39
2010-11	32	PHX	NHL	77	5	11	16	6	-2	58	4	1	0	1	10	1	0	83	6.0	1622	21:04
2011-12	33	PHX	NHL	59	2	9	11	3	-12	38	2	0	0	0	8	0	1	72	2.8	1120	18:59
2012-13	34	PHX	NHL	39	0	11	11	3	-6	36	0	0	0	0	8	0	3	68	0.0	834	21:24
Career			NHL	1044	87	320	407	133	-42	963	45	38	4	22	173	7	140	1947	4.5	21150	21:59

NHL Miscellaneous

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1997-98	19	CGY	NHL	82	0.11	0.24	0.35	0.13	1.07	1.46	10	23	33	12	80	18	76	15	1	2.3	3.1	5.4
1998-99	20	CGY	NHL	71	0.10	0.38	0.48	0.16	1.03	2.11	8	31	39	13	72	21	57	10	4	2.8	2.7	5.5
1999-00	21	CGY	NHL	78	0.12	0.37	0.49	0.16	1.03	2.47	10	31	41	14	95	31	94	32	2	2.7	4.2	6.9
2000-01	22	CGY	NHL	51	0.10	0.45	0.55	0.17	1.10	2.78	5	25	30	10	62	29	76	28	-15	1.9	2.1	4.0
2001-02	23	CGY	NHL	61	0.07	0.49	0.56	0.17	1.44	2.72	5	34	39	12	71	39	51	15	-4	2.6	3.0	5.6
2002-03	24	COL	NHL	75	0.15	0.49	0.64	0.21	0.91	2.55	12	41	53	18	102	44	60	18	16	4.4	4.3	8.7
2003-04	25	TOT	NHL	83	0.07	0.31	0.39	0.12	0.59	2.01	7	30	37	12	80	28	71	18	-1	2.1	3.5	5.6
2003-04	25	COL	NHL	69	0.09	0.32	0.41	0.13	0.68	2.01	7	25	32	11	70	24	55	13	4	2.1	3.2	5.3
2003-04	25	PHX	NHL	14	0.00	0.29	0.29	0.08	0.14	2.00	0	5	5	1	10	4	16	5	-5	0.1	0.3	0.3
2005-06	27	PHX	NHL	53	0.11	0.40	0.51	0.16	1.02	1.72	6	20	26	9	61	28	59	19	-7	1.9	2.0	3.9
2006-07	28	PHX	NHL	82	0.07	0.23	0.30	0.10	1.40	1.57	6	19	25	8	75	24	108	39	-18	1.2	2.2	3.4
2007-08	29	PHX	NHL	82	0.10	0.21	0.30	0.11	1.01	1.65	9	18	27	10	74	15	82	31	8	1.6	4.8	6.3
2008-09	30	TOT	NHL	75	0.07	0.20	0.27	0.09	0.53	1.60	5	15	20	7	54	11	73	20	-10	0.8	3.0	3.8
2008-09	30	PHX	NHL	57	0.09	0.12	0.21	0.08	0.42	1.56	5	7	12	5	38	6	63	18	-13	0.3	1.8	2.1
2008-09	30	NYR	NHL	18	0.00	0.44	0.44	0.12	0.89	1.72	0	8	8	2	16	5	10	2	3	0.4	1.2	1.7
2009-10	31	TOT	NHL	76	0.05	0.33	0.38	0.12	0.49	1.58	4	26	30	9	74	21	62	11	2	1.6	4.5	6.1
2009-10	31	BOS	NHL	58	0.05	0.38	0.43	0.13	0.45	1.64	3	23	26	8	54	17	50	11	-2	1.5	3.4	4.9
2009-10	31	PHX	NHL	18	0.06	0.17	0.22	0.07	0.61	1.39	1	3	4	1	20	4	12	0	4	0.1	1.2	1.3
2010-11	32	PHX	NHL	77	0.06	0.14	0.21	0.07	0.75	1.08	5	12	17	6	57	6	82	29	-2	0.4	2.6	3.1
2011-12	33	PHX	NHL	59	0.03	0.15	0.19	0.06	0.64	1.22	2	10	12	4	34	1	54	9	-12	0.1	1.3	1.4
2012-13	34	PHX	NHL	39	0.00	0.28	0.28	0.08	0.92	1.74									-6	0.2	1.1	1.3
Career			NHL	1044	0.08	0.31	0.39	0.13	0.92	1.86	94	335	429	143	991	316	1005	294	-42	26.7	44.4	71.1

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2002-03	24	COL	NHL	7	0	3	3	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	159	22:44
2008-09	30	NYR	NHL	7	0	2	2	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	115	16:24
2009-10	31	PHX	NHL	7	1	3	4	1	-1	11	0	1	0	1	21	4.8	137	19:35
2011-12	33	PHX	NHL	16	2	4	6	2	4	24	2	0	0	0	25	8.0	365	22:49
Career			NHL	37	3	12	15	5	3	41	2	1	0	1	64	4.7	776	20:59

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1994-95	16	Red Deer Vipers	AMHL	31	6	35	41			74
1995-96	17	Regina Pats	WHL	67	8	44	52			70
1996-97	18	Regina Pats	WHL	67	18	57	75		10	147	10	8	0	0
1996-97	18	Saint John Flames	AHL	7	0	3	3			7	0	0	0	0
1998-99	20	Canada	WC-A	10	0	4	4			6	0	0	0	0
2000-01	22	Saint John Flames	AHL	3	1	2	3		2	2	1	0	0	1	13	7.7
2000-01	22	Canada	WC-A	7	1	1	2		4	8	1	0	0	0
2003-04	25	Canada	WC-A	9	0	5	5		-2	35	0	0	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	10	1	5	6		2	9	1	0	0	1	13	7.7
Career		1 Season	AMHL	31	6	35	41			74
Career		3 Seasons	WC-A	26	1	10	11		2	49	1	0	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	WHL	134	26	101	127		10	217	10	8	0	0

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1995-96	17	Regina Pats	WHL	11	1	7	8		3	26	1	0	0	0
1996-97	18	Regina Pats	WHL	5	0	3	3		-5	9	0	0	0	0
1996-97	18	Saint John Flames	AHL	5	0	3	3			7	0	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	AHL	5	0	3	3			7	0	0	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	WHL	16	1	10	11		-2	35	1	0	0	0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 15 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Derek Morris		8.7	6.9	6.3	6.1	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.4	3.1	1.4	1.3
Mike Ramsey	93.8	8.0	7.0	6.9	6.5	6.1	5.7	5.2	4.9	4.8	3.9	3.7	3.3	3.3	1.6
Sami Salo	93.5	9.1	6.3	6.2	6.1	5.9	5.5	5.5	5.5	4.5	3.6	3.4	3.2	2.8	1.4
Terry Harper	91.9	8.0	6.9	6.4	6.0	5.9	5.6	5.1	5.0	4.7	3.9	3.3	3.3	1.3	1.0
Pavel Kubina	91.8	7.7	7.1	6.3	5.9	5.3	5.2	5.0	4.6	4.1	4.0	3.4	2.4	2.3	0.6
Jaroslav Spacek	91.3	8.3	7.5	7.0	6.6	5.8	5.4	5.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	3.7	3.7
Butch Bouchard	91.0	8.2	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.3	5.2	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.1	3.8	3.5	2.8	1.6
Robert Picard	90.8	8.6	6.6	6.2	6.2	5.5	5.0	4.9	4.8	3.9	3.5	2.9	2.5	1.5
Rob Ramage	90.6	8.7	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.3	5.9	5.3	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.8	3.5	2.8	1.9
Gordie Roberts	90.5	6.9	6.6	6.5	5.5	5.3	5.1	5.1	5.1	4.6	4.1	3.3	3.3	3.1	2.3
Ulf Samuelsson	90.5	6.9	6.8	6.7	6.2	6.0	5.8	4.8	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.0	2.5	2.2	2.0

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Derek Morris		8.7	6.9	6.3	6.1	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.4	3.1	1.4	1.3
Sami Salo	93.5	9.1	6.3	6.2	6.1	5.9	5.5	5.5	5.5	4.5	3.6	3.4	3.2	2.8	1.4
Pavel Kubina	91.8	7.7	7.1	6.3	5.9	5.3	5.2	5.0	4.6	4.1	4.0	3.4	2.4	2.3	0.6
Jaroslav Spacek	91.3	8.3	7.5	7.0	6.6	5.8	5.4	5.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	3.7	3.7
Robert Picard	90.8	8.6	6.6	6.2	6.2	5.5	5.0	4.9	4.8	3.9	3.5	2.9	2.5	1.5
Rob Ramage	90.6	8.7	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.3	5.9	5.3	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.8	3.5	2.8	1.9	-0.1
Gary Bergman	90.4	9.2	6.4	6.1	5.9	5.2	5.1	4.8	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.0	3.5
Mario Marois	90.4	8.8	7.1	6.3	6.3	5.7	5.4	5.2	4.6	4.1	4.0	1.9	1.7	1.7	0.9	0.3
Terry Harper	90.2	8.0	6.9	6.4	6.0	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.1	5.0	4.7	3.9	3.3	3.3	2.3	1.9	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.7
Bruce Driver	90.2	7.8	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.6	6.2	5.6	5.3	4.8	4.2	3.2	3.1	2.8	1.9	0.2
Mattias Ohlund	89.9	7.9	7.7	7.0	6.1	5.8	5.3	5.1	5.1	4.6	3.8	3.8	2.3	1.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Honors 1997-98 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)	Games Played 1997-98 NHL 82 (2) 2003-04 NHL 83 (1) 2006-07 NHL 82 (2) 2007-08 NHL 82 (3)	Total Goals On-Ice Against 2006-07 NHL 108 (9)	Power Play Goals On-Ice Against 1999-00 NHL 32 (7) Active 294 (9)

Honors

1997-98 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Games Played

1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
2003-04 NHL 83 (1)
2006-07 NHL 82 (2)
2007-08 NHL 82 (3)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

2006-07 NHL 108 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1999-00 NHL 32 (7)
Active 294 (9)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

October 1, 2002: Traded to Colorado by Calgary with Jeff Shantz and Dean McAmmond for Chris Drury and Stephane Yelle, October 1, 2002.

March 9, 2004: Traded to Phoenix by Colorado with Keith Ballard for Ossi Vaananen, Chris Gratton and Phoenix's 2nd round choice (Paul Stastny) in 2005 Entry Draft, March 9, 2004.

March 4, 2009: Traded to NY Rangers by Phoenix for Dmitri Kalinin, Nigel Dawes and Petr Prucha, March 4, 2009.

July 25, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Boston, July 25, 2009.

March 3, 2010: Traded to Phoenix by Boston for Phoenix's 3rd round choice (Anthony Camera) in 2011 Entry Draft, March 3, 2010.

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